Amita Das — Biographical Profile
Primary Academic Discipline: Theoretical & Computational Plasma Physics|Active Research Era: Contemporary
Theoretical plasma physicist; J.C. Bose Fellow; pioneering work on laser-plasma interactions, dusty plasmas, and ultrashort multimegagauss magnetic-field generation.
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Institute for Plasma Research (IPR)
Academic Career & Impact on Plasma Physics
Amita Das is a pioneering Indian plasma physicist who served as Dean at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gandhinagar from 2014 to 2017 before joining IIT Delhi as a full professor. She earned her Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur in 1990 and is internationally recognized for deep theoretical work on laser-plasma interactions and fundamental plasma physics. She has received the J.C. Bose Fellowship and delivered the DAE-C. V. Raman Lecture in 2020. Her research portfolio spans nonlinear plasmas, plasma turbulence, and strongly coupled dusty plasma systems, including widely cited findings on ultrashort multimegagauss magnetic pulses produced by intense laser interactions with solid targets and nonlinear whistler–magnetosonic coupling.
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